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That is really nice. Thanks for showing. Tom
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I've used the lifter for over a year now, and really like it. Makes using the 788 a lot easier. Tom
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Ask him to scan it and email it to you. Tom
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You could zerox or scan the face of the clock and use that to make another. Tom
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Ray, tried the bottle on the end of a Metrovac to muffle the sound. Works well. I used an app on my phone to measure the decibels from the vac, and had a reduction of almost 10 decibels. This is about half the perceived volume. I am still going to wear ear protection, to keep the tinnitus from getting worse. Now all I need to do is get the cyclone hooked up and get back to sawing. Tom
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Nice haul. Looks like you will need to make a lot of toys to use up that stash. Tom
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The foam is soft and flexible enough to form itself to the contour. Too stiff a backing would leave grooves matching the backing in the sanded piece. Turners use these a lot to sand bowls which have been turned on a lathe. Tom
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The one that Roberta shows would work quite well also. I use one like it to sand on my lathe. Does a good job. Tom
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If you go to a web site set up by David Reed Smith ( a woodturner ) he shows how to make a foam ball sander. His web site is " David Reed Smith " . You should be able to re-engineer the turning to shape it on whatever you will be using the sander on. Tom
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Ray, I've got the Metro vac also, and really like it. Just a little loud, but not as bad as a shop vac. I also have a fein vacuum, and may try to get that hooked up later. Tom
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I made the cat pattern from an image I downloaded from the internet. I don't know if it is copyrighted or not. It has been around for a long time and is on a lot of products. I knew my wife would like it since she has the pattern on a tee shirt she wears. If someone knows about the copyright on this, let me know. Otherwise I won't take a chance of putting it on here. If you want to make the pattern for your own use, it is just the original art with the tail put on the other side of the cat. I used the body side of the tail pattern and extended it an inch or so, and made a slotted connection between the two parts. I saw a few videos of kazoo bands on you tube after I made the kazoo. I might make enough to outfit a band from my grandkids and great grandkids. Would be fun to give a concert for their parents. Tom
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I just got the plastic one of those last week and am still figuring out how I want to set it up. I am going to make a new stand for my saw and want to incorporate it into the stand. Looks like you have a good set up there. Tom
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Some things I've done while at home. The first one is a kazoo to serenade the LOML . Got the idea from an article at the Instructible web site. The second is a phone/tablet stand I made for her also. The last one is a phone stand I made for myself. It is a Steve Good pattern, and I will be carrying it in my wallet. The cat stand is 1/4" BB and the other two are made out of 1/8" BB plywood. The cat stand is painted black and the other two have a walnut oil finish. Tom.l
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Lots of people out fishing in the nice weather we're having here. Seem to be keeping their distance. Like the project. Tom
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My wife would love that pattern, so I am downloading it. Don't know when I will get to it. Some critter has gnawed holes in my shed and I am trying to get it patched up. At my age, things take a while to get done. Thanks for the pattern. Tom
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I have had clamps like that, they are made to fit in a hole in the base of a machine. Haven't seen them used like planeur is doing. If it works, it must be right. Tom
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That is the same pattern I used for my first intarsia, back in the 90's. Still hanging on my wall. You did a good job on it. Tom
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Looks like he laminated the 1/2" sticks to make the backer. They started out as one piece 111" long, which were cut down to length. Tom
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You will have to save or print your Gimp image to a .pdf format, using a paper size big enough to fit the entire image. Then the pdf can be printed in sections. This is done in the pdf printing program, not in the Gimp program. Tom
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If that bear was in Illinois, I would think it had been trying out the brownies at the marijuana store. Nice job. Tom
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I have used scissors to cut aluminum sheet that thickness and have had good results. Might try that before spending on a metal shear. Why not cut the sheets to size on your scroll saw? Tom
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As long as you have a good joint, there is no problem with the cutting. Tom
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A good finish for what you want to do would be antique oil. The more coats you put on the shinier it gets, so you can stop applying when you get the shine you want. One suggestion would be to use compressed air to blow the excess oil out of the nooks and crannies. If you don't have an air compressor, canned air would work. Tom
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Online tool. Convert any font to scrollsaw.
jollyred replied to innar20's topic in General Scroll Sawing
Looks like it would save a lot of work on the fonts I use. Only problem is it won't let me use any of the fonts I have in my computer. For me it will only work on the fonts it has listed. Does anyone else have this problem? Tom -
I always thought it was the larger pieces which settled into the DD while the finer particles went on to the vacuum?
